Canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha celebrated

October 25, 2012

INDIAN RIVER -- A Native American women's hand drum group will be presenting an hour of songs, stories and crafts at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, at the Cross in the Woods Shrine in Indian River. This event will include traditional women's hand drum songs along with stories and crafts that will be on display and for sale.

The presentation is in conjunction with the celebration of the canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha which occurred Sunday, Oct. 21, in Rome.

Saint Kateri was born in what is now upstate New York, the daughter of Mohawk and Algonquin parents. She died at the age of 24 in Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada. She is particularly known for her habit of fashioning crosses and leaving them in the woods for the benefit of others. She is the patron of Cross in the Woods Parish and National Shrine.